TY - BOOK ID - 14302172 TI - The universe as automaton : from simplicity and symmetry to complexity AU - Mainzer, Klaus. AU - Chua, Leon. PY - 2012 SN - 3642234763 9786613451811 1283451816 3642234771 9783642234767 PB - Heidelberg : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Cellular automata -- Mathematical models. KW - Cellular automata -- Research. KW - Cellular automata. KW - Complexity (Philosophy) KW - Science KW - Physics KW - Mathematics KW - Philosophy & Religion KW - Physical Sciences & Mathematics KW - Philosophy KW - Sciences - General KW - Algebra KW - Atomic Physics KW - Physics. KW - Computers. KW - Artificial intelligence. KW - Neurobiology. KW - Statistical physics. KW - Dynamical systems. KW - Complexity, Computational. KW - Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity. KW - Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics). KW - Complexity. KW - Theory of Computation. KW - Complexity, Computational KW - Electronic data processing KW - Machine theory KW - Dynamical systems KW - Kinetics KW - Mechanics, Analytic KW - Force and energy KW - Mechanics KW - Statics KW - Mathematical statistics KW - Neurosciences KW - AI (Artificial intelligence) KW - Artificial thinking KW - Electronic brains KW - Intellectronics KW - Intelligence, Artificial KW - Intelligent machines KW - Machine intelligence KW - Thinking, Artificial KW - Bionics KW - Cognitive science KW - Digital computer simulation KW - Logic machines KW - Self-organizing systems KW - Simulation methods KW - Fifth generation computers KW - Neural computers KW - Automatic computers KW - Automatic data processors KW - Computer hardware KW - Computing machines (Computers) KW - Electronic calculating-machines KW - Electronic computers KW - Hardware, Computer KW - Computer systems KW - Cybernetics KW - Calculators KW - Cyberspace KW - Natural philosophy KW - Philosophy, Natural KW - Physical sciences KW - Dynamics KW - Statistical methods KW - Emergence (Philosophy) KW - Engineering. KW - Information theory. KW - Complex Systems. KW - Artificial Intelligence. KW - Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems. KW - Communication theory KW - Communication KW - Construction KW - Industrial arts KW - Technology KW - Computational complexity. KW - Science - Philosophy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14302172 AB - This booklet is an essay at the interface of philosophy and complexity research, trying to inspire the reader with new ideas and new conceptual developments of cellular automata.  Going beyond the numerical experiments of Steven Wolfram, it is argued that cellular automata must be considered complex dynamical systems in their own right, requiring appropriate analytical models in order to find precise answers and predictions in the universe of cellular automata.  Indeed, eventually we have to ask whether cellular automata can be considered models of the real world and, conversely, whether there are limits to our modern approach of attributing the world, and the universe for that matter, essentially a digital reality. ER -